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A total of 16 College Station ISD seniors were recently named semifinalists in the 66th-annual National Merit Scholarship Program announced the National Merit Scholar Corporation.
CSISD has had 228 semifinalists in the last 18 years and averaged an astounding 12.7 semifinalists per year.
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CSISD National Merit Semifinalists (CSISD schools attended)
- David Chang (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
- Camille Chiu (CSMS, CSHS)
- Celine Choi (Rock Prairie, Cypress Grove, AMCMS, AMCHS)
- Shruthi Garla (CG, CSMS, CSHS)
- Paul Kim (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, CSHS)
- Sunshine Leeuwon (Creek View, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
- Claire McAdams (College Hills, Southwood Valley, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
- Vincent Musser (Forest Ridge, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
- Kyle Palermo (Forest Ridge, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
- Ruby Perry-Mize (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
- Elise Sawyer (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
- Noah Taylor (South Knoll, Oakwood, CSMS, CSHS)
- Saim Waheed (CSMS, CSHS)
- Bill Wang (College Hills, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
- Bryan Yan (Rock Prairie, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
- Ruth Yao (Rock Prairie, South Knoll, College Hills, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
The 16 CSISD students are now in a pool of approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide and are competing for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth a total of approximately $31 million. About 90% of the semifinalists are expected to be named finalists and of those, around half will win a National Merit Scholarship and earn the prestigious National Merit Scholar title.
Scholarship winners for 2020 will be announced in a series of press releases beginning in April and concluding in May.
CSISD National Merit Semifinalists by year:
- 2003: 7
- 2004: 10
- 2005: 9
- 2006: 17
- 2007: 17
- 2008: 7
- 2009: 16
- 2010: 9
- 2011: 11
- 2012: 15
- 2013: 14
- 2014: 12
- 2015: 12
- 2016: 20
- 2017: 13
- 2018: 12
- 2019: 11
- 2020: 16
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